BRI BRUCE holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in post-modern literature and creative writing from the University of California at Santa Cruz and has conducted extensive post-graduate work with UC Berkeley’s professional editing program.

An award-winning author, photographer, publisher, and freelance graphic designer, Bruce's written work has appeared in dozens of anthologies, magazines, and literary publications, including The Sun Magazine, Tattoo Highway, Ampersand, Red Fez Entertainment, The Cossack, The Avocet Review, Atom Magazine, Northwind Magazine, The Soundings Review,The Monterey Poetry Review, and Third Wednesday, among others.

Bruce was named Featured Poet of Homebound Publications’ holiday issue of The Wayfarer (Vol. 2, Issue 4, Dec. 2013). Most recently, seven of her poems were selected to be included in Tayen Lane Publishing’s Poems from Conflicted Hearts alongside Poet Laureate Alice Shapiro, and she was the recipient of PushPen Press’s Pendant Prize for Poetry for her haiku series published in THREE with Poet Laureate Erica Goss.

Pushcart Prize nominee and three time award-winning author, Bruce's debut collection, The Weight of Snow: New & Selected Poems, published February 2014 by Black Swift Press, earned her the nickname "the heiress of Mary Oliver." Her second book, 28 Days of Solitude(Back Swift Press, August 2015)was written entirely during her four-week residency in the remote forests of Northern California.

FOR HIRE

Specializing in all things books and print and digital media, Bri's professional work has given her the opportunity to work with authors, academics, non-profits, and small businesses, offering editing, graphic design, publishing, and photography services.